[–] pyres 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) 4.1 years ago
Good news:
90% of 1000 meter objects in NEO found. Yeah, that's more than 1/2 mile sized objects.
Bad News:
They've found just 10% of the 100 m NEOs and less than 1% of the 40 m ones."
[–] Owlchemy [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) 4.1 years ago
And no matter what, there's very little we can do about them ... or even our own orbiting space junkyard above.
There are a bunch of plans to clean up the space junk. Lasers, grabber satellites. Hopefully it's just a matter of time.
Here's a link to the Orbital Debris Newsletter
[–] pyres 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Good news:
90% of 1000 meter objects in NEO found. Yeah, that's more than 1/2 mile sized objects.
Bad News:
They've found just 10% of the 100 m NEOs and less than 1% of the 40 m ones."
[–] Owlchemy [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
And no matter what, there's very little we can do about them ... or even our own orbiting space junkyard above.
[–] pyres 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
There are a bunch of plans to clean up the space junk. Lasers, grabber satellites. Hopefully it's just a matter of time.
Here's a link to the Orbital Debris Newsletter